Cyber Laws

We are living in an illusionary world, where the intellectual minds become data only. The privacy of the person can be hacked anytime and the personal information can be shared to end numbers with a spur of the moment. Cyber laws are not protection but essential requirement of society, like any other basic need to survive, because without it we don't have any fundamental rights to live with.

These days the society is facing end number of cyber crimes with the help of gazettes and devices of daily use. The criminals are using personal information’s foe committing fraud, child & women trafficking for pornography, stealing identities, violating privacy & intellectual rights.

In India the Law is codified, which not only help us to understand its procedure & technicalities, but also provides fair and transparent opportunity to contest. Though the law is very vast but to give a brief idea the relevant and important legislations, related to the subject, are :-

• Information Technology Act, 2000
• Information Technology (Certifying Authorities) Rules, 2000
• Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal (Procedure)Rules, 2000
• Information Technology (Certifying Authority) Regulations, 2001
• Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal (Procedure for Investigation of Misbehavior or Incapacity of Presiding Officer) Rules, 2003
• Information Technology (Other Powers of Civil Court Vested in Cyber Appellate Tribunal) Rules, 2003
• Information Technology (Other Standards) Rules, 2003
• Information Technology (Qualification and Experience of Adjudicating Officers and Manner of Holding Enquiry) Rules, 2003
• Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal (Salary, Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of Presiding Officer) Rules, 2003
• Information Technology (Use of Electronic Records and Digital Signatures) Rules, 2004
• Information Technology (Security Procedure) Rules, 2004
• Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal, Gazetted and Non Gazetted Posts Recruitment Rules, 2008
• Department of Information Technology Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Controller of Certifying Authorities, Gazetted and Non-Gazetted Posts Recruitment Rules, 2009
• Cyber Appellate Tribunal (Salary, Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2009
• Cyber Appellate Tribunal (Procedure for Investigationof Misbehavior or Incapacity of Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2009
• Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Decryption of Information) Rules, 2009
• Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009
• Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguard for Monitoring and Collecting Traffic Data or Information) Rules, 2009
• Designs Act, 2000
• Designs Rules, 2001
• Right to Information Act, 2005
• Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005
• Central Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, 2005
• Central Information Commission (Management) Regulations, 2007
• Copyright Act, 1957
• Copyright Rules, 1958
• International Copyright Order, 1999